Don’t Fear Failure

Many career expert believe failure as the castor oil of success. The idea isn’t to fling yourself into certain disaster in order to be mystically rewarded with triumph. Rather, it’s a simple recognition that people who willingly risk failure and learn from loss have the best chance of succeeding at whatever they try.

You’ve had minor reverses in school or love, but you haven’t failed meaningfully. Never fear, everyone get chances. No one lives a failure life forever.

Failure is easy to recognize. It usually involves loss of money, self-esteem or status. At least, it is simply not getting what you want such as the Anatomy examination’s result you get recently.

Not that rational people should wish for calamity, but a stiff dose of misfortune is often a painfully effective tutor. It teaches you something about your strength and acquaints you with your limitations. That’s an important part of maturity.

People who profit from loss are the kind of foot soldiers business leaders seek. Continuous success builds arrogance and complacency. Unsuccessful people in stinctively avoid risks even when a smart gamble might pay off. You learn a great deal more from what doesn’t work than from what does. Failure is merely the cost of seeking new challenge.

If the thought of fouling up paralyzes you, here are several helpful suggestions:

1. Stop using the “Failure” word.
High achievers, rarely refer to “failure”, a loaded word suggesting a personal dead end. They prefer “glitch”, “bollix” or “course correction”.

2. Don’t take it personally.
When things go sour, don’t label yourself a loser. The language you use to describe yourself can become a powerful reality.

3. Be prepared.
Help insulate yourself by mapping a catastrophe plan. Opportunity is for who are be prepared. Keep in mind that the Chinese Ideogram for “crisis” consists of the characters for both “danger” and “opportunity”.

4. Learn to fail intelligently.
You must learn to reload and get ready to start again.

5. Never give up.
You can’t afford to get arrogant about success, so you must always trying to improve yourself by reading and study.